patress
English
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editEtymology
editAlteration of pateras, from Latin patera (“dish, saucer”).
Noun
editpatress (plural patresses)
- an adapting plate or mounting used to fix an object to a surface or a substrate where the difference in character between the object and that to which it is mounted prevents direct mounting, eg in fitting a flat panel to a curved surface
See also
editReferences
edit- “pattress” in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.